NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE COMPONENT OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRLIFT STUDY.

SEC. 904. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE COMPONENT OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRLIFT STUDY. (a) Limitation.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 106, not more than $90,000,000 may be obligated to procure operational support airlift aircraft. None of those funds may be obligated until 60 days after the date on which the study required by subsection (b) is transmitted to the congressional defense committees. (b) Study Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall undertake a study of operational support airlift aircraft and administrative transport airlift aircraft operated by the National Guard and the reserve components. (c) Study Requirements.—The study required by subsection (b) shall include the following: (1) An inventory of all operational support airlift aircraft and administrative transport airlift aircraft that are operated by the reserve components. (2) The peacetime utilization rate of such aircraft. (3) The wartime mission of such aircraft. (4) The need for such aircraft for the future base force. (5) The current age, projected service life, and programmed retirement date for such aircraft. (6) A list of aircraft programmed in the fiscal year 1994 future-years defense program to be purchased for the reserve components or to be transferred from the active components to the reserve components. (7) The funds programmed in the fiscal year 1994 future-years defense program for procurement of replacement operational support and administrative transport airlift aircraft, and the acquisition strategy proposed for each type of replacement aircraft so programmed. 106 STAT. 2473 (d) Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term “future-years defense program” means the future-years defense program submitted to Congress pursuant to section 221 of title 10, United States Code.